Connor Church
Connor Church signed with the USC Men’s Tennis Team in 2024. He began training with Henry Choi in 2019 and peaked at No. 84 in ITF Junior rankings on Jan 1, 2024. Church was given the honor of representing Team Canada in the Junior Davis Cup. He also holds two ITF J100 singles titles and one J100 doubles title. The USC Trojans Div 1 University Tennis Team is currently ranked #5 in the nation. Connor Church is one to watch!
Denny Bao
Committed to Dartmouth College in Hanover, Maine in 2024. He began training with Henry Choi in 2018.The 17 year old has an ITF Juniors career-high ranking of #176 and is ranked #8 in Canada’s U18 rankings.
Cassie Chung, University of Connecticut
Cassie received a full athletic scholarship for tennis and is studying Finance at the University of Connecticut. She plays the #4 position in singles and #1 position in doubles. Her highest Tennis Canada ranking was #20. Cassie has also achieved an ITF ranking of #888 and has won the Richmond Open, singles and the Edmonton ITF, doubles. Cassie trained with Henry Choi until she left for College in 2016.
The University of Washington 2017-18 men’s tennis team on September 28, 2017. (Photography by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)
Jack Davis, University of Washington
Jack is attending his first year at the University of Washington, studying Economics. His team is ranked #45 in the US. We will have to wait until the spring to see where Jack fits in the team lineup. Jack’s current Tennis Canada ranking is #6 in U18, and at just 18 years old has an ATP ranking of 1678! Jack was coached by Henry until he left for College in 2017.
Larry Zhao, Bowdoin College
RCC Tennis Alum Larry Zhao now attends Bowdoin College hoping to study Economics and Government & Legal studies. Larry was trained by Henry and was a 5 star tennis recruit in the US when he chose to play for Bowdoin (top 5 in NCAA Division III). Larry has been top 20 in Tennis Canada rankings. He still trains with Henry when he is back in town!
Jessie Gong, Yale University
Jessie began studying Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale in the fall of 2018. She plays the 3/4 position in singles and 1 in doubles. Her team was 4-3 in Ivy League Tennis, the previous season the Bulldogs went 0-7 so that is a pretty big improvement. She won the second team All-Ivy doubles Award with Sam, her partner. They also finished the season ranked 67 in ITAs and were the highest ranked Ivy League doubles team. Way to go!
Sydney Wahl, Southwestern University
Sydney trained with Henry for 3 years and received a tennis athletic scholarship with Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. The school is ranked #17 in the nation for Div. 3 schools and for her first year, she looks to join the team as their #3 or #4 player. Academically, the school has a strong reputation and Sydney will be majoring in Communications. Due to the pandemic, she did remote learning for the Fall Semester of 2020 and re-joined the team in January!
UBC Tennis Team (2018-present)
Martin Lorayez, Sara Zupanc, Brianne Jim, Graeme McIntosh, and Cameron Jim trained extensively in with Henry Choi for over 7 years and were all accepted to UBC, one of Canada’s top Universities. They now train and compete for the UBC Thunderbirds Tennis Team.
Ronak Khara, NYU
RCC’s Ronak Khara is now in his sophomore year at the NYU Stern School of Business majoring in Finance and Data Science. His goal is to have a career in investment banking. Ronak now plays tennis for the NYU Tennis Team. In junior tennis, he had a career-high ranking of #24 in Canada and #8 in B.C. Prior to college, Ronak trained with Henry for 4 years. Many of you have been fortunate to have Ronak as your coach when he comes back during school breaks. He also has his Tennis Instructor certification from Tennis Canada.